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Fiji's health system begins to crack under Covid-19 pressures

06:03 am on 17 July 2021

Fiji's health system is beginning to crack under immense pressure with thousands of infected Covid-19 patients now being sent home to isolate due to a lack of hospital beds.

There are more than eleven-thousand active cases in isolation and over 70 deaths reported in this latest outbreak that began in April.

Christine Rovoi has more.

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Residents look on as police check people are wearing face masks in Suva. Photo: AFP or licensors